CDC: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#69716)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a health advisory today reported on an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections (shigellosis) reported through national surveillance systems. In the United States, the percentage of Shigella infections caused by XDR strains reported to CDC increased from zero in 2015 to 5% in 2022. Between [...]
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